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Sep 2008

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Drilling holes in a snare shell?

I've seen it on some nice snares, and I wasn't happy with the dead tone of my stock ddrum snare, so I busted out a drill and got to modding! I cut a 1.75 inch hole in the shell, and I must say, it made the snare sound better!

Before: Muted, quiet, bland. No character or life, even rimshots sounded lame.

After: Open, vibrant, a little more "ping". Not much of an increase in volume, but it definitely breathes better now.

So I guess my question is, who else has an oversized vent in their snare, and what do you think of it?

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Re: Drilling holes in a snare shell?

its only DDrum... no great loss :P lol. But great you get it to sound better. I learnt about sound holes and stuff a while ago and there is a science / mathamatical reaason why they are needed. But i havent gone into that kind of detail before. Thats what the drum companies do lol,

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Re: Drilling holes in a snare shell?

I am a modder at heart. I don't think I own ANY musical instrument that doesn't bear some scar of a mad-scientist escapade. I think if the snare sounded better, I wouldn't have messed with it. But if something isn't giving off a pleasant tone, my first instinct is to "fix" it.